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TheDanMan Pillar of the Community 527 Posts	Posted 07/24/2011 4:52 pm Last week when I was at a gas station, I saw two shiny coins in the street: One was a 1944 Wheat cent and the other was a 1946 silver dime! And at McDonalds, I got a "Series 1995" 10 dollar bill in nice shape. That reminds me. I heard a while back that anytime banks get old dated paper bills in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100, they send them back to the US Treasury and they destroy them. Is this true? Because I under the impression that the new designed bills were done so to prevent counterfeiting. Report this Post to the Staff

SilverCoinBoi Valued Member United States 458 Posts	Posted 07/24/2011 5:00 pm Nice finds! Unsure about the rumor though. Report this Post to the Staff
Bowfin Valued Member United States 296 Posts	Posted 07/24/2011 5:03 pm A silver dime, laying on the street. I've yet to get one in pocket change. Some people have all the luck. Congrats. Edited by Bowfin 07/24/2011 5:04 pm Report this Post to the Staff
murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 07/24/2011 5:08 pm I think you are right about them destroying older bills. It's such a shame though, I'm sure lots of people would buy those simply to keep in a collection, but they get sent off to be destroyed. It definitely makes older bills more rare though. Report this Post to the Staff
mkman123 Pillar of the Community United States 3184 Posts	Posted 07/24/2011 6:52 pm great finds, I found a 1964 dime last week! Report this Post to the Staff
w1a9c8k5 Pillar of the Community United States 1348 Posts	Posted 07/24/2011 7:45 pm I run our snack bar at work and last week I found the old school $5 bill. I couldn't figre what was different about it until I compared it to a new one. Crazy how you forget already Report this Post to the Staff
Chadwick Valued Member United States 271 Posts	Posted 07/24/2011 11:38 pm I was talking to a clerk at a local quick-mart this week and he said someone came in with a 1918 $50 bill and spent it. I asked if he kept it, sadly, he wanted too, but nobody had the cash to afford the exchange. Another piece of history to the shredder I fear. If only I stopped in that day. Sad. Report this Post to the Staff
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